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W. E. DUTHIE. CIGAR TIP CUTTER AND LIGHTER.

No. 514,647. Patented Feb. 13, 1894.

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WILLIAM E. DUTHIE, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

CIGAR-TIP CUTTER AND LIGHTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 514,647, dated February 13, 1894.

Application filed December 3, l93. Serial No. 4:93,].63- (No model.)

T at whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. DUTHIE, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cigar-Tip Cutters and Lighters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved device, combining a portable torch for lighting a cigar, and mechanism for cutting the tip of the cigar preparatory to lighting it.

The objects of my improvement are, to provide a torch carrying an inflammable fluid; a holder in which the torch is removably mounted; a base to which the holder is pivoted; an extinguishing cap for the wick of the torch, and an electric circuit, the whole being so arranged that the torch is lighted by swinging the holder upon its pivot so as to carry the wick-tube beneath and in contact with one of the terminals of the electric circuit,whereby the torch is lighted, the torch being carried beneath the extinguishing cap and the light extinguished upon the return of the holder to its normal position, all as hereinafter fully set forth.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 represents a plan. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation, partly in section. Fig. 3 rep resents a transverse section at a Fig. 1. Fig. 4 represents a View in perspective of the torch-holder. Fig. 5 represents a longitudinal section of the torch.

In the drawings, A, indicates a cylindrical tubular fluid-receptacle, having at one end a wick-tube, B, and a longitudinally projecting tenon, O, and having at the opposite end a hollow handle, D, permanently secured in the tubular portion A, the outer end of the handle being closed by a screw-plug, E.

F, indicates a metallic base-plate supported by legs G, G, which are secured to the top of the box, I-I, containing an electric battery, I, and sparking-coil, J.

Pivoted to the base-plate, F, at K, so as to rotate thereon, is the torch-holder, L, having at its opposite ends brackets, M, and N, adapted to receive and support the torch.

For the purpose of holding the wick-tube uppermost, and for preventing the torch from turning on its axis, the bracket M, is provided with a mortise, O, which is adapted to receive the tenon, C, on the end of the torch, the other end of the torch resting in a slot, P, formed in the bracket N.

Erected at one edge of the base-plate E, is the extinguishing-cap, R,which is open on the under side and at one end, and is adapted to receive the wick-tube when the torch holder is in its normal position, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

A standard, S, secured to the top of the box H, carries a yielding arm, T, which projects downward into the path of movement of the wick-tube B when the torch-holder, carrying the torch, is swung laterally upon its pivot.

For the purpose of cutting the tip of the cigar, a knife, U, is secured to the under side of the torch-holder and beneath the plate F, by means of screws V, passing through the knife and through a slot, XV, formed in plate F. The arrangement of the knife is such, that, when the wick-tube of the torch is carried by the movement of the torch-holder, out from the extinguishing-cap and over to the opposite edge of the base-plate, the cutting edge of the knife is carried across a perforation, X, in the base-plate.

The torch is filled with gasoline orlike fluid, by removing plug E and pouring the fluid through the handle into the tubular portion A, which is, preferably, filled with cotton, or a similar absorbent, the hollow handle forming a reservoir for keeping the cotton saturated.

The arrangement of the base-plate F, standard S and battery I, is such that the baseplate is connected with one pole of the battery, and the standard with the other pole of the battery, so that, the torch being in electrical connection with the base-plate, the wick-tube forms one of the terminals of the electric circuit, and the arm T forms the other terminal.

In operation, the torch being mounted in the holder, and the holder being in its normal position as illustrated in Fig. 1, the tip of the cigar is placed Verticallyin the perforation X; by swinging the torch-holder upon its pivot the knife is carried across the perforation, thereby cutting the tip from the cigar, and at the same time the wick-tube is carried into and out of connection with the arm T, thus closing and breaking the electric circuit and lighting the torch by the spark resulting therefrom. The lighted torch may now be removed from the holder to light the cigar. The torch being replaced in the holder and the holder being swung to its normal position, the wicktube is carried beneath the extinguisher and the light is extinguished.

I claim as my invention 1..A self-lighting cigar-lighter, consisting, essentially, of a stationary base-plate, a torchholder pivoted thereto so as to rotate thereon, a torch provided with a wick-tube and removably mounted in said holder so as to rotate therewith, an arm arranged to project into the path of the wick-tube when the holder is rotated, and an electric circuit, one of the terminals of which is formed by the wick-tube, and the other terminal of which is formed by said arm, all combined and arranged to cooperate substantially as set forth.

2. A self-lighting and self -extinguishing cigar-lighter, consisting, essentially, of.a stationary base-plate, a torch-holder pivoted thereto so as to rotate thereon, a torch' provided with a wick-tube and removably mountl ed in said holder so as to rotate therewith, an extinguishingcap arranged to receive the wick-tube of the torch at one end of its path of movement, an arm arranged to project into the path of the wick-tube when the holder is rotated, and an electric circuit, one of the terminals of which is formed by the wick-tube, and the other terminal of which is formed by said arm, all combined and arranged to cooperate substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the base-plate provided with a perforation adapted to receive the tip of a ci ar, the torch-holder pivoted thereto so as to rotate thereon, the 'knife secured to the torch holder and arranged to traverse said perforation, the torch mounted in said holder, and-lighting mechanism arranged in the path of movement of the wicktube of the torch all arranged to co-operate substantially as set forth.

WILLIAM E. DUTHIE.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. DAGGETT, V. M. H001). 

